Garment-fastening.



No. 708,534. Patented Sept. 9, I902.

G. E. DE LANCEY. GARMENT FASTENING.

(Application filed Aug. 8, 1901.) (No Model.)

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GARMENT FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,534, dated September 9, 1902. Application filed August 8, 1901- Serial No. 719380- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DE LANCEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Perry and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment-fastenings of the stud-and-socket type, and has for its object the production of a simple and eifective fastening of this character which may be employed for a variety of purposes and which is expressly designed to prevent casual disengagement of the parts from one another.

With this and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consists of certain novelfeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the stud and socket members of a garment-fastening embodying my invention. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 2 is a section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of socket member. Fig. 4 is a sectional view illustrating the mode of use of the fastening member shown in Fig, 3, in connection with a stud and a socket of the form shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification, showing a two-part socket; and Fig. 6 is a section of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the wall of the socket is made of spring metal, either in one piece, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in two pieces, as shown in Fig. 5, the socket in the latter case being secured to the head or flange 3 by an upset flange 5, formed upon said head and bearing against the inner side of the base of the socket. The top opening 6 of the socket is contracted by an elliptical flanged rim 6 and is of such size relative to the head 7 of the stud as to prevent the stud from being inserted into or withdrawn from the socket therethrough, the said opening being intended only for the reception of the shank S of the stud and to give the wall of the socket the required resiliency. The socket is formed in its side with a lateral opening or passage 9, through which the head of the stud is inserted and removed by a lateral or sidewise sliding movement. This opening or passage is guarded by spring guard-fingers 10, which form a continuation of the rim 6 and project laterally beyond the socket and are slightly spaced apart at their innerends and thence flared outwardly or diverge, so as to form between them a narrow throat 9 for passage of the shank 8 of the stud, so that when saidshank is forced between them and slid toward the socket they will yield sufficiently to allow the shank of the stud to pass and the head of the stud to enter the passage 9 and then close together to prevent the stud from being withdrawn except by a forceful sidewise pull. By this construction the stud cannot be disengaged from the socket by a straight outward pull and the fastening is rendered absolutely secure. When it is desired to disengage the stud from the socket,"

the stud is forced by a sliding movement out through the throat 9 between the guards, which open to allow the shank to pass and then close by their own resiliency, the head of the stud passing out through the opening 9. The advantages of this construction of socketover those in common use will be readily appreciated.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the socket 1 is of similar construction,but has formed integrally therewith on the opposite side of its head or flange 3 a stud-head 11 to engage a socket member 12, both of which are of the form shown by the parts 1 and 2 in Fig. 1. By thisconstruction, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, a combined socket and stud is formed for engagement with a stud 2 and a socket 12, placed upon opposite sides thereof, whereby three or more plies of material may be secured together in an effective manner.

The fastening herein disclosed maybe used with great advantage for connecting one or more garments or parts of garments together and for other analogous purposes, as accidental disengagement of the stud from the socket cannot possibly occur under ordinary conditions of service, for the reason that alateral sliding movement of one of the parts is necessary to disconnect the parts, and such a movement of the stud or socket is not liable to be produced in the ordinary use of the garments or parts to which the fastening is applied. The socket may be placed in any desired position on the garment to set the lateral throat or passage at an angle to the line of strain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A socket fastening member comprising a head or ,fiange, a socket upon one side thereof, said socket having a top opening and a side passage, and a rim formed integral with and guarding the top opening of the socket, said rim having its ends converging to form a contracted throat to said opening and thence continued or extended laterally beyond the socket to form diverging spring guard-fingers, said fingers adapted to open and close under pressure to admit of the passage of the shank of a stud into the socket and top opening, the head of which stud passes into and out of the socket through the passage in the side of said socket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. DE LANCEY.

Witnesses:

L. E. GANTT, MAUDE G. CORNMAN. 

